1. badge - Noun
2. badge - Verb
A distinctive mark, token, sign, or cognizance, worn on the person; as, the badge of a society; the badge of a policeman.
A carved ornament on the stern of a vessel, containing a window or the representation of one.
To mark or distinguish with a badge.
Source: Webster's dictionaryThis is what I say about the scorn of the media elite: I wear their scorn as a badge of honor. Dan Quayle
The Black skin is not a badge of shame, but rather a glorious symbol of national greatness. Marcus Garvey
The presentation of the Golden Badge of the Movement is the highest honor the Third Reich has to offer. Hjalmar Schacht
So far has Athens left the rest of mankind behind in thought and expression that her pupils have become the teachers of the world, and she has made the name of Hellas distinctive no longer of race but of intellect, and the title of Hellene a badge of education rather than of common descent. Isocrates
Sweet mercy is nobility's true badge. William Shakespeare
Let the free people of the world know that we could have bargained over and sold out our cause in return for a personal secure and stable life. We received many offers to this effect but we chose to be at the vanguard of the confrontation as a badge of duty and honour. Muammar Gaddafi